diff --git a/meta/classes/native.bbclass b/meta/classes/native.bbclass
index 90fcd131c6..11ec6dcde3 100644
--- a/meta/classes/native.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/native.bbclass
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH ?= ""
 PKG_CONFIG_PATH .= "${EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH}"
 PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR = ""
 
+PATH =. "${COREBASE}/scripts/native-intercept:"
+
 python native_virtclass_handler () {
     if not isinstance(e, bb.event.RecipePreFinalise):
         return
diff --git a/scripts/native-intercept/chown b/scripts/native-intercept/chown
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4f43271c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/native-intercept/chown
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+echo "Intercept $0: $@ -- do nothing"